Transactions on Transport Sciences

Transactions on Transport Sciences 2013, 6(4):145-152 | DOI: 10.2478/v10158-012-0041-0

Pedestrian Accidents - Actual Trend in the Czech Republic

I. Kučerová^*, B. Sulíková, K. Paráková, K. Poláčková

Transport Research Centre, Brno, Czech Republic

There are many factors that play a role in pedestrian and motor vehicle collisions. This paper explores some of the factors on the basis of police records, involving pedestrian accidents in the Czech Republic in the period between 2008 and 2012; the sample consisting of 19454 participants. This paper explores the impact of pedestrian factors (age, gender, behaviour, injury severity, etc.) and other road/environmental factors (visibility, accident location, weather, and so on) on pedestrian collisions. The purpose of the crosstabs analysis was to determine if there is a relationship in these selected factors; the relevance of the factors was examined in a group, not independently. The analysis identified the children and elderly as the most vulnerable road users, with the emphasis given to higher mortality of elderly people and higher tendency of children to violate traffic rules. The majority of pedestrian collisions took place in urban areas, at pedestrian crossings, with the exception of collisions involving children that took place when crossing between parked vehicles (including bus stops) and on unprotected road sections without pedestrian crossings. The results also show that the majority of fatal collisions occurred at night, and that alcohol-impaired walking is a major problem especially for the population of middleaged male pedestrians.

Keywords: Pedestrian collision, pedestrian safety, accident location.

Published: December 1, 2013  Show citation